frontpage vs. go live! vs. dreamweaver--which one?

[gplracer]

I want to make my website a better place. Which one of these programs should I get? I know some of you will say just learn html but I do not have enough time to take it on right now. thanks

 

[prontospyder]

Dreamweaver

 

[GoldenBear]

Another vote for DW.

 

[aircooled]

Dreamweaver...

 

[Zenmervolt]

I haven't had the opportunity to use DW, but GoLive! is vastly superior to FrontPage. I used GoLive! to help produce my HS's updated website last summer, the site is incomplete (i.e. some dead links still) because none of the clubs gave us information. If you want to see what we did, click here, the server is a little fickle at times, but you should be able to get there eventually. Anyway, I liked GoLive! a lot, though it does use a good deal of new HTML which means it doesn't play nicely with older browsers.

Zenmervolt

 

[CHiMPBizKiT]

I've used all three, and I would like to put in a vote for Dreamweaver as well.

 

[damocles]

Frontpage is GREAT for beginners.
DW is definitely the one to go for if you want to invest some time and reap the rewards

 

[damocles]

DP High Traffic Moment

 

[arthurb1]

DW, but if you can learn JavaScript and HTML 'Script and HTML are really pretty powerful, took a class and got a few books this last semester, gonna learn ASP 3.0 on my own...I think knowing the language is better than a software app that does it all for you. I think that people can write better code than a program can, if the people make their own code easy to read, and are careful about it.

 

[damocles]

TP

 

[lagvoid]

ive only used frontpage and dreamweaver and i like dw a lot more.

 

[ndee]

Frontpage over here


Geeez, go with Dreamweaver.... never used go live!, but Frontpage is definately POS.

 

[Michael]

Frontpage is much less expensive than Dreamweaver. For most home use, it works very well and the integration with Office makes a big difference. Most of the professional web designers I know use Dreamweaver. They all say that Frontpage is good, but the extra power and usability in Dreamweaver pushes it over the top.

Michael

 

[JACKHAMMER]

DW

 

[fir3wir3]

I've never used the others

I like frontpage though

all I really use it for though is for e-bay ads...so I"m sure I am not one to say

 

[Turbopit]

I use frontpage 2000 right now, it's ok. It's got some glitches, doesn't seem to do some of the stuff I want it to do. I use to use it to run an e-commerce sight, but now I just use it to work on a new personal site I have running off of my own hard drive. It's nice when I want to just sit down and add some info/pics in about 10 minutes and be done with it. If you just want to point/click and drag/drop, it works ok. You have to make sure who ever is providing the web space willsupport frontpage file extensions. http://www.four-banger.tzo.com
I plan to try others, but for a simple site, which all should be considering the amount of people who have slow connections an old computers, FP 2000 is fine.

 

[VinY]

Frontpage puts out some nasty code. Dreamweaver is much nicer, plus it can clean up code and seems to have much more functionality.

 

[bigshooter]

If you want a good basic html editor search for a program called 1st page. I used it until i "found" a copy of dreamweaver. Check it out. Oh and its free.

 

[Rocket34]

As a semi-professional web designer, I highly recommend Dreamweaver (versions 2.0 and beyond).

Frontpage is a decent program, but is not as flexible or powerful. In addition, it introduces redundant code (As someone else already mentioned). It's much harder to create a clean code using Frontpage, so it's therefore more difficult to try and learn the code through modification under "Source" mode.

Frontpage is more of a WYSIWYG editor for beginners, in my opinion. Dreamweaver allows for both. It's quite easy to use, and allows the user to edit the code without too much hassle due to redundant coding.

You have you ask yourself what you need it for and how much you are willing to pay for the program. If money was not an issue, I would go with Dreamweaver no questions asked. It's simply more powerful and flexible, yet simple to use.

 

[jpprod]

Use the Windows Notepad and only your imagination is the limit

 

[Adul]

Dreamweavor 4 is great. I love it. The templates and libraries features save a load of time when you need to make a change to a page that is common accross all of them. I made a nice 500 page update at work with a few clicks.

 

[blurredvision]

I vote for Dreamweaver. I have used both Frontpage and notepad with my imagination, and DW is a whole lot easier to use. I like it because it has integrated features for inserting Flash, Shockwave, and Fireworks files.

 

[gplracer]

Thanks guys! It looks like everyone like DW I guess that is the one to go with.